Social Determination of Living Conditions in Post-Communist Societies

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Draws on a 1993 survey of adults in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, & Slovakia (N = 4,500+ in each country) to examine everyday social inequality in postcommunist Central & Eastern Europe. Living conditions are operationalized in terms of material & cultural consumption, & their possible demographic & structural determinants are investigated. Variations among countries (eg, Hungary's greater inequality of living conditions) are partly accounted for by type & age of economic transformation, continuing strength of the old distributive hierarchy, & importance of the informal economy. Intranational differences are explained only moderately by income (moreso in Hungary & Poland) & are significantly related to education & class. Class & occupation are particularly useful for analyzing inconsistent consumption; eg, high cultural combined with low material consumption is most common among certain white-collar professions, while market-oriented employment is associated with high material but low cultural consumption.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 197-215
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 5(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften ; soziale Probleme

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Robert, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 1997

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54225
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST